2020 is a very good year.
We will celebrate the life and work of my dear friend, steadfast comrade, and big-brother/mentor, Tom Dent. Kalamu will make a presentation on the important book New Orleans Griot – The Tom Dent Reader. This book is also the 2020 One Book One New Orleans selection.
We will also celebrate my 2019 collection of essays, Be About Beauty. This book is a winner of the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award.
Chelsey Shannon is the lead editor for both books and represented Kalamu ya Salaam at the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award ceremony.
Everyone is invited to join us.
Kalamu ya Salaam
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Greetings, friends!
UNO Press cordially invites you to a turn-up-then-wind-down afterparty following Kalamu ya Salaam’s kickoff speech for One Book One New Orleans’ year-long celebration of New Orleans Griot: The Tom Dent Reader.
In addition to celebrating the campaign, we will be toasting Kalamu for his recent PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for his book Be About Beauty.
The event is Thursday, January 23 in Room 407 of Earl K. Long Library. The schedule for the evening:
5-6pm Hobnob & nosh
6-7pm Kalamu’s keynote address, Q&A, & book signing
7-8pm Move downstairs to the Press’s lovely new office (Room 221) for the afterparty
We hope you’ll all come celebrate Kalamu’s work with us!
Warmly,
Chelsey
